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Hi there and welcome. I'm Martin, this is calming anxiety. There's a certain softness

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to a Sunday isn't there. So let's not rush a single thing today. Just a quick word before

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we settle. If you haven't already, the Anchored app is open for testing. It's on iOS,

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the whole of this library in your pocket. There's a link at the top of today's show notes

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if you'd like to be the first to wander through it. No pressure, but if you do, I'd love

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to hear how it feels to use. Now, today, something gentle. We're going to talk about finding happiness,

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not the big fireworks kind, but the small kind. The kind that's already here hiding in plain

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sight. There's a lovely word for these moments, glimmers. The tiny sparks of calm and delight

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we usually walk straight past. Today, we're going to slow down just enough to catch a few.

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So let's settle. You don't need to sit upright or breathe in any special way. In fact, today,

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I'd like you to do less. Let your breath be completely natural, unforced, easy. Just

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let it come and go on its own and keep it quiet company. And if it helps, let one soft

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sigh, let it go for the whole week. There, you've arrived. Now, a slow sweep through the

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body, not to fix anything, just to say hello. Feel the weight of yourself being held completely,

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your feet and legs heavy and supported, your hands resting open, your shoulders softening

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down away from your ears, your face unguarded. Nothing to do here, nowhere else to be. Here's

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something I learned in an unlikely place. All those years on the front line as a paramedic,

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and you'd think you only learned to scan for danger, but the truth is, the nervous system

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is always scanning for the opposite too. The signals of safety, a warm hand, a kind voice,

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a patch of sunlight, researchers call these glimmers and they're not trivial. Each one

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is a tiny message to your body that says, "You're safe now. You can soften." That's real,

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and it's happening inside you, as we speak. So let's find one. Cast your mind back over

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the last day or two, and look for a small good moment, not a big event, truly something

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tiny, that first sip of a wandering, a pet that was pleased to see you, the exact moment

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you got into bed, a song that came on at just the right time, let one come to you. Now,

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don't just remember it, relive it, put yourself back inside that moment, where were you?

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What could you see, what could you hear or feel on your skin? Let your body feel it all

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over again, as if it were happening right now. That small warmth spreading through you,

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that is the glimmer. That's finding happiness in the little things. It was free, it was small,

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and it was always yours. Maybe explore this glimmer further or find another.

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But just be aware, most moments of most days, they are there, unseen, unnoticed, until we

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awaken to them, and then our lives truly blue. Within this moment of calm now, within the

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sanctuary of your consciousness in your mind's eye, see these words, repeat them after me within

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the silence, taking note the colour, the size of each letter and word in your thoughts,

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let them become part of all that you are. The good is already here, I only have to catch

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it. I deserve the smaller lights of this day.

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This lives in the tiny moments, and I am learning to save them. I welcome this quiet contentment

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exactly as it is. Every glimmer I collect makes the next one easier to find.

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Now, with every out-brake, allow the tension to melt away as if evaporating from the very

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surface of your skin. Out-brake after out-brake, deeper and deeper and deeper still. And then,

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once more, within the beauty of your mind's eye, imagine and repeat. The good is already

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here, I only have to catch it. I deserve the smaller lights of this day.

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Happiness lives in the tiny moments, and I am learning to save them. I welcome this quiet

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contentment exactly as it is. Every glimmer I collect makes the next one easier to find.

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This is the perfect moment of time out, a gift from yourself to your soul. Here are your

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three daily caring tips to make glimmers part of your life.

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One, collect three tonight before you fall asleep, name three glimmers from your day out loud

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or in your head. The smaller the better. This isn't just a nice habit, each time you do

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it, you are training your mind to spot the good more easily tomorrow.

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Two, give the good moment three more seconds. When something small feels lovely, a taste,

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a warm bit of sun, a laugh, don't rush past it. Stay with it for three seconds longer

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than you normally would. Savoring is a skill and those three seconds are how a fleeting

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moment actually lands and stays. Three, leave yourself a trail. Keep a note on your phone

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or a jar on the shelf and add one glimmer to it each day. On a grey, heavy day and they

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come to us all, you'll have a whole collection to read back in your own words. Proof that

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the good was always there. Now gently, bring your awareness back into the world around you.

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Wiggle your fingers and toes. Take a soft breath in through your nose, hold and then as you breathe

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out, stretch out your arms overhead and when you're ready, open your eye.

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If today's session gave you even one small moment to calm, will you pass it on? Share this

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to your social media. Someone's scrolling might now could use that reminder that the

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good is still there, waiting in the little things. Tag me when you do, I'll see it. So go

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gently into your Sunday. Catch a few glimmers for me. This is calming anxiety. Smile often,

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positivity whenever you can and then to yourself. Be kind.

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